Music-roll cabinet



E. D. OLMSTEAD.

muslc ROLL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED .IULY 9,1920.

1,368,192. Patented Feb. 8,1921.

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messes Appfication filecljuly 9, 1920.

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Be it known that l, EARL D. @misTEi-io, e cit; .11 the llnitec States, residing; Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful lmpi'oieinents in illusiolloll (lehiucts, of i'vhich the :llollowiug is u specification.

The invention relates to cmiiinets for the uccmuniodetion oi' records of i'ousic and the like and has more particular i'eference to it cabinet for the eccoi'umodotion of music Tolls such are usually employed in councction With player pianos and to this end the invention provides for a cabinet which will conveniently support the music rolls end the boxes in which they are usually conlllllllfit'l in aositioh so that they can be readily and easily discerned to? the purpose of picking; out at particular roll and readily i'cuioveih when it is desi'i'ed to place them in use in the player piano.

The invention compi'elieuds muons: other features a cabinet or stand which Will present eineet end ei'lective appearance, furth P3117101? heinoof practical value in that pi'm'ides tor the ready disposition of the music i'OllS so that their titles on the boxes con be readily seem and e particular ioll i'ci'uoued Without ,sturhiop; the others.

in the i u 'ther disc osure of the invention, 'eierence is to he lied to the accompanying rli' s, constituting a part oi this speci: lice mi. and in WlllCli Slifillfll characters of fleece denote corresponding ports in all the views; and in 'iv iicli Figure l is a perspective oil: cabinet oistood.

l io'. 2'1s {1, ohm View oi one ot the locks accommodation oi? music rolls Oi for other series of rocks 15 hciuo; provided To oil the 10 1 4 purposes, a mind formingthe essential "feotu device. Each 0? the posts or uprights Formed with a series of saw cuts 16 on inner faces thereof and each rack consists of :1 sin- Specificacion of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 395,042.

gle piece of metal in the nature of a flat plate or body and formed between its ends diuaiily might present itself if the lower edge of the plate were not bent in some fashion.

ln attaching coco rock to the upright or post 12, it Wlll be seen that each reel: 15

6 end With the ends of the stop flange i bearing pieces the adjacent those feces lizwi. the sow cuts therein so t1 at the racks ciuiuot slide out oi? the saw cuts because of their inclination oh the frame. The cross i'ih 01 rest 17, it will he sees, provides a stop to; the bores 2'1. coutsining the music rolls which can now he readily disposed upon the rocks with the ends of the boxes always visible so that the titles thereon can be easily ice-d.

/Vith the character of rock described. will l e seen that there p sovided it simple construction which provides for the neat disposal of the music roll boxes in position 'WllGlQ their titles can easily coed upon the ends of the ooxes end that a single oot; can he readily i-emi'zved without disturbing the others sud it will of course he apparent that this stand o2.- cahinet cam he fashioned iii any suitable manner to provide a nest end effective looking article of furniture.

li'vins; described my invention, I cluin1-- l lClI comprising a frame having uoi'iehts eucl inclined sew cuts in the inner f c oi sheet ffltfil 2 es thereo F" and lates mounted between he uprights in inclined position sud spaced i'cletioh each heyiii y iutegml cod Projections slidul' le in the saw cuts sud also hevinp; a forward pendent flange and, on upwardly extending loop coustituting :1 rest; said oop being located in spaced relation to the forward end 18 .2. edges of the plate and arranged lOHQ'ltlKlk nelly oi the plate and in parallel relation to the forward side of the rack.

In testimony whereof l. eflix my simieture.

EARL D. OLMSTEAJ).

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